Symbol - Assessment

What is CORRECT about symbol?

• Symbol is not the basis of culture.

• Symbol is everything one does throughout their life based and organized through cultural symbolism.

• Symbol is an object, word, or action that stands for something else and has natural relationship that is culturally defined.

• Symbol mean different things to different people which is why it is possible yo hypothesize how a specific culture will symbolize something.

Which of the following is NOT an example of cultural symbol?

• The sounds and colors of indigenous group of people.

• The Letters of an alphabet symbolize the sounds of a specific spoken language.

• The thumbs up, which symbolizes that everything is great in American culture, is just like giving the middle finger in Greek culture.

• A combination of the two colors in a black flag represents social anarchism, such as anarchist communism and Anarcho syndicalism.

What type of symbol does gestures such as handshakes and hand signals belong?

• Cultural

• Economic

• Political

• Social

What symbol does fingers V-sign meaning peace under?

• Cultural

• Economic

• Political

• Social

Which of the following statement is CORRECT?

I. Money savings is an example of economic symbol.

II. Banners, acronyms, pictures, flags, and mottos are examples of social symbols.

• Only statement I is correct

• Only statement II is correct

• Both statements are correct

• Both statements are incorrect